For Kelsey to suggest anything other is not to give himself enough credit.
Quite simply, he was retained because he was terrific and once everyone saw the dynamics between his character and the others in the bar it was clear that Frasier Crane was a keeper. I suspect it was hearsay, but I can tell you unequivocally that it is wrong.Īnd in the process he does a disservice not only to Shelley but to himself. I don’t know where he got his misinformation. So with all due respect to Kelsey Grammer, whom I love and have worked with since his first day at CHEERS till his last day on FRASIER – let me categorically say that this is just not true. The article makes this claim based on Kelsey’s autobiography. The article claims that when Kelsey Grammer first appeared on CHEERS, the only reason producers kept him on for more than the initial three episodes he was signed for was because Shelley Long hated him and the producers hated Shelley so much they retained him purely out of spite.
I’m getting so many requests to respond to a recent article that I thought I’d just take a day and respond to it.
